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Alabama to get $1.5M for nutrition, smoking cessation
by The Associated Press
3 hrs 35 mins ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
MONTGOMERY — Alabama will get $1.5 million in federal funds to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, reduce obesity, and decrease smoking.
Georgia man killed on Alabama construction site
by The Associated Press
3 hrs 35 mins ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
AUBURN — A 55-year-old construction worker died after Auburn officials say he was crushed by a dump truck while directing heavy equipment on a construction site Monday.
Ala. open meetings law gets look in court cases
by The Associated Press
21 hrs ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
BIRMINGHAM — After years without an open meetings challenge in Alabama courts, three lawsuits in six months have been filed against government agencies, claiming violations of the 2005 Open Meetings Act.
NW Ala. schools close because of wintry threat
by The Associated Press
21 hrs ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
FLORENCE — Schoolchildren and some workers in northwest Alabama are getting a day off because of the threat of winter weather.
Greene County officials defiant about track
by The Associated Press
1 day 2 hrs ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
GREENSBORO — A state legislator says Greene County's sheriff has the authority to deputize men to stop a raid of the local dog track.
Alabama middle school reopens after fatal shooting
by The Associated Press
1 day 2 hrs ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
MADISON — Extra police will be on hand as a north Alabama middle school reopens for the first time since a ninth grader was fatally shot in a hallway.
White House blasts Shelby for blocking nominees
by Ben Evans
Associated Press Writer
3 days ago | 8 8 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
WASHINGTON — The White House is criticizing a Republican senator from Alabama for putting a blanket lock on Obama administration nominees over spending disputes involving his home state.
Guns from Confederate raider CSS Alabama restored
by Bruce Smith
Associated Press Writer
3 days ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Scientists at the same lab where the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is being restored announced Friday they have finished conserving two guns from the famed Confederate naval raider CSS Alabama.
Leave policy freeze extended for Alabama lawmakers
by The Associated Press
3 days ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
MONTGOMERY — A judge has extended an order blocking Alabama's two-year college system from requiring employees who serve in the Legislature to use leave time to attend sessions.
Georgia man sentenced in fatal Alabama carjacking
4 days ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
SELMA — A Georgia man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for a fatal carjacking at a Selma car wash.
Moore, Ivey attending National Tea Party
by The Associated Press
4 days ago | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
MONTGOMERY — Two Republican candidates for governor have announced they are attending the national Tea Party convention this weekend in Nashville, Tenn.
Alabama bingo hall gives up liquor license
by The Associated Press
4 days ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
EUTAW — The operator of Greenetrack has voluntarily surrendered the facility's licenses to sell alcohol and tobacco.
Alabama court sides with governor on casino raid
by Bob Johnson
Associated Press Writer
4 days ago | 3 3 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
MONTGOMERY — Gov. Bob Riley’s gambling task force won another victory Thursday when the Ala-bama Supreme Court tossed out a court order blocking a raid on the state’s largest casino.
AP: Alabama Christian Coalition gets gambling money
by Phillip Rawls
Associated Press Writer
4 days ago | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
MONTGOMERY — Campaign finance reports show one of the state's leading faith-based groups, the Christian Coalition of Alabama, has received donations from political action committees financed largely by gambling interests.

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